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A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works

MOLA Headland Infrastructure, 2020. (updated 2025) https://doi.org/10.5284/1081262.

Context 733235

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Context Information

Context number	733235
Parent context number	733081
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	537 (Well/Waterhole)
General Period of Feature	Mid Roman
A14 Area	Brampton West (TEA07)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Brampton West Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081252

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Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
73002	Unidentified	Wood	Unknown	view Find Information for small find number 73002 Object: Unidentified Accession number: 73002 Material: Wood Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Unknown or uncertain function test Small find period: Unknown Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0
73003	Unidentified	Wood	Unknown	view Find Information for small find number 73003 Object: Unidentified Accession number: 73003 Material: Wood Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Unknown or uncertain function test Small find period: Unknown Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0
73004	Unidentified	Wood	Unknown	view Find Information for small find number 73004 Object: Unidentified Accession number: 73004 Material: Wood Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Unknown or uncertain function test Small find period: Unknown Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0
73005	Unidentified	Wood	Unknown	view Find Information for small find number 73005 Object: Unidentified Accession number: 73005 Material: Wood Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Unknown or uncertain function test Small find period: Unknown Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0

Post-Roman Pottery

Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Count of Pottery	Weight	Fabric Description
	(AD875-1100)	1	4g	view St Neots Ware
	(AD875-1100)	1	11g	view St Neots Ware
	(AD650-850)	1	27g	view Southern Maxey Ware

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Unassigned	1	0g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.004g
Number of bones medium mammals	3
Summary notes	UNID

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
7617	20	0	Wet	20	view Comments: MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT. BOTH BUCKETS PROCESSED AS WASN'T CLEAR IT WAS WATERLOGGED UNTIL PART WAY THROUGH. Specialist comments: MULCHY, HEAVILY FRAGMENTED WOOD AND LEAF FRAGMENTS. WATERLOGGED TWIGS,POSSIBLE HAWTHORN SPINES (CF. CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA. SLOE STONE FRAGMENT (PRUNUS SPINOSA),PARTIALLY CHARRED HAZELNUT SHELL (CORYLUS AVELLANA).	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 7617 (11 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV EPHIPPIA Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: CLADOCERA Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV PUPARIA Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Comments: CEREAL NFI. Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG WOOD Abundance: Moderate Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Comments: RANUNCULUS SP. POLYGONUM SP. APIACEAE SP. STELLARIA MEDIA Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: GEN INSECTS Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG ROOTS Abundance: Abundant Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG STEMS Abundance: Abundant
7620	10	0		0		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 7620 (0 records)

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 7617)
Sample number	7617
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of water-logged seeds	1-10
Diversity of water-logged seeds	0
Abundance of water-logged wood	11-50
Diversity of water-logged wood	0
Comments	BLACK LAYER, MAY CONTAIN WOOD MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT. BOTH BUCKETS PROCESSED AS WASN'T CLEAR IT WAS WATERLOGGED UNTIL PART WAY THROUGH. MULCHY, HEAVILY FRAGMENTED WOOD AND LEAF FRAGMENTS. WATERLOGGED TWIGS,POSSIBLE HAWTHORN SPINES (CF. CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA. SLOE STONE FRAGMENT (PRUNUS SPINOSA),PARTIALLY CHARRED HAZELNUT SHELL (CORYLUS AVELLANA).

Wet sieving (sample 7617)
Sample number	7617
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	0
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	0
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	BLACK LAYER, MAY CONTAIN WOOD MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT. BOTH BUCKETS PROCESSED AS WASN'T CLEAR IT WAS WATERLOGGED UNTIL PART WAY THROUGH. MULCHY, HEAVILY FRAGMENTED WOOD AND LEAF FRAGMENTS. WATERLOGGED TWIGS,POSSIBLE HAWTHORN SPINES (CF. CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA. SLOE STONE FRAGMENT (PRUNUS SPINOSA),PARTIALLY CHARRED HAZELNUT SHELL (CORYLUS AVELLANA).

Botany Analysis results

Sample number	English plant species name	Latin plant species name	Plant part	Amount	Estimated/Real	State of preservation	Comments
7617	indet. cereal	Cerealia	Seed	1	Real	Charred
7617	Buttercup	cf. Ranunculus sp.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7617	common chickweed	Stellaria media (L.) vilL.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7617	blackberry	Rubus fruticosus sens. lat.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7617	sour/morello cherry	Prunus cerasus L.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
7617	hemlock	Conium maculatum L.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7617	dock	cf. Rumex spp.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7617	black nightshade	Solanum nigrum L.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7617	barley	Hordeum sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
7617	hazel	Corylus avellana L.	Seed	12	Real	Charred	FRAGS